Ted Salway
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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Edward Elijah Salway | ||
| Date of birth | April qtr. 1891 | ||
| Place of birth | Nursling, England | ||
| Date of death | October qtr. 1950 (aged 59) | ||
| Place of death | Southampton, England | ||
| Height | 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)[1] | ||
| Position(s) | Centre-half | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Romsey Town | |||
| Nursling United | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1911–1915 | Southampton | 10 | (0) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Edward Elijah Salway (1891–1950) was an English professional footballer who played in various midfield roles for Southampton in the Southern League in 1912–13. His career was ended by injuries received at the Battle of Ypres in 1917.
Salway was born at Nursling, just outside Southampton and played as an amateur for Romsey Town and Nursling United while working as a gardener. In 1911, he had a trial match with Southampton which he came through successfully to earn a professional contract.[1] Described as "a rough diamond with plenty of potential, ... pace and inexhaustible energy", he spent his first year at The Dell in the reserves where he was "polished into a fine half-back", gaining representative honours with the Hampshire F.A.[1]
His first-team debut came on 5 October 1912, when he took the place of Jim McAlpine at left-half for the Southern League match at Exeter City. The match ended in a 1–0 defeat, but despite this Salway retained his place for the next two matches. He returned to the side in December when he replaced Charles Tyson at centre-half for five matches, followed by two matches at inside-left. Of Salway's ten first-team matches, eight ended in defeats, with two victories, as the "Saints" struggled to find any consistency under new manager Jimmy McIntyre, finishing fourth from the foot of the table.[2]
Salway remained with Southampton, playing in the reserves, until the suspension of league football in 1915. He enlisted in the army in October 1915,[1] but continued to play for Southampton, making three appearances in the 1915–16 South Western Combination as well as eight appearances in friendly matches.[3]